For this reason, can U17 Vietnam make a miracle in the tournament to compete for a ticket to the World Cup?

At the 2025 AFC U17 Championship, Vietnam U17 fell into Group B with Japan U17, UAE U17 and Australia U17.

Will U17 Vietnam cause a surprise at the 2025 AFC U17 Championship? (Photo: VFF).

In theory, U17 Vietnam is rated the lowest in this group. But youth football always contains surprises and coach Cristiano Roland and his team are ready for that.

In this group, the opponent with the closest level to U17 Vietnam is U17 UAE. This is a team from West Asia and has quite an impressive physical foundation.

Before attending the 2025 AFC U17 Championship, Tran Gia Bao and his teammates had a training trip in Oman.

During this time, U17 Vietnam had 2 friendly matches with U17 Oman and won all with the same score of 1-0.

In terms of strength, U17 Oman is quite similar to U17 UAE. Therefore, coach Roland and his team can be completely confident in aiming for 3 points against this opponent.

Next is U17 Australia, this is the first opponent of the red team in this tournament.

At the national team level, Australia is a force in Asian football and a regular at the World Cup. However, their youth teams are not as strong.

Before entering the professional path, young Australian players mainly played at high schools or amateur playgrounds in the country.

Therefore, their competition experience is not much better than that of U17 Vietnam.

Notably, in the last 5 matches, U17 Vietnam also had 3 wins and 1 draw against this opponent.

Therefore, coach Roland's students can completely think about holding a draw or even taking all 3 points against "Kangaroo".

There is also a school football foundation but in Japan, their youth teams are very strong.

At this tournament, Japan U17 is considered a candidate for the championship.

Therefore, the possibility of U17 Vietnam causing a shock against this opponent is not high. But as said, youth football always contains surprises so it is difficult to predict anything.

According to the Organizing Committee's regulations, the top two teams in each group will qualify for the next round. At the same time, the teams that pass the group stage of the 2025 AFC U17 Championship will also participate in the 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup.

If they perform well, U17 Vietnam can absolutely dream of a ticket to the biggest football festival on the planet for the U17 age group.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/vi-ly-do-nay-u17-viet-nam-co-the-lam-nen-ky-tich-o-giai-dau-tranh-ve-du-world-cup-192250403233646183.htm